Aternative to the current gas prices?, T. Boone Pickens uses $1.00/gal natural Gas in his truck; Wonder what it would cost to convert the 914? Options

[DRPHIL914]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...Q0X01-M04KS.DTL

or

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-29/opinion...t?_s=PM:OPINION


when i bought my 914 i was going to go EV IF i could not get the engine running, but did get it running and thus saw the $20,000 cost to convert using LiPo batteries, so passed for the time being. however, since my son is an engineering major at USC(south carolina) this subject keeps coming up.

Hydogen, Propane, compressed natural gas, all options.

this just came up yesterday with the high gas prices, Back in minnesota all of our busses ran on propane.

so why not our 914's?

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food for thought....

[ClayPerrine]

I did the research to convert my pickup to dual fuel (CNG and Gasoline). The kit is about 500.00, and the tank would be 2K, not including plumbing and wiring. That would give me the ability to switch back and forth at will. The mileage is supposed to be 80% of what you get with gasoline. I work next to Love Field in Dallas, and they have a public CNG fueling station. All of the Dallas City buses and cars run on CNG, and Texas law says they have to sell to the public if asked. The cost is about 1.00 a GGE (gallon of gas equivalent). That includes road use taxes. I also looked at the cost of a home filling station. It runs 4K, and it takes 4 to 6 hours to fill. That's because you can't keep a fixed CNG tank in a residential neighborhood. So it has to compress right to the vehicle tank. The other thing is that 4k doesn't include the gas company having to install a second gas meter so they can charge the road use tax. But the GGE cost drops to about 75 to 80 cents a GGE with the home fueling.

I am still considering it for my truck, because it has the space for a tank, and it is water cooled. I would not do this to a 914.

[Strudelwagon]

I did the research to convert my pickup to dual fuel (CNG and Gasoline). The kit is about 500.00, and the tank would be 2K, not including plumbing and wiring. That would give me the ability to switch back and forth at will. The mileage is supposed to be 80% of what you get with gasoline. I work next to Love Field in Dallas, and they have a public CNG fueling station. All of the Dallas City buses and cars run on CNG, and Texas law says they have to sell to the public if asked. The cost is about 1.00 a GGE (gallon of gas equivalent). That includes road use taxes. I also looked at the cost of a home filling station. It runs 4K, and it takes 4 to 6 hours to fill. That's because you can't keep a fixed CNG tank in a residential neighborhood. So it has to compress right to the vehicle tank. The other thing is that 4k doesn't include the gas company having to install a second gas meter so they can charge the road use tax. But the GGE cost drops to about 75 to 80 cents a GGE with the home fueling.

I am still considering it for my truck, because it has the space for a tank, and it is water cooled. I would not do this to a 914.

Guys, don't get me wrong. For a V8 pickup or Van it's great. I drove a E250 dedicated NGV for 5 years without a hickup. It was a factory installation and I loved it. Retro fitting an old car with 100 hp well lets just say you couldn't pull the skin off a tapioca pudding with it. The compression is too low. NGV likes 10:1 or higher. Were in our 3 cycle of conversions and the new systems are OBD2 compatible c/w feedback loop but the Big 3 are staying out of the factory builds cuz they been burned a few times.
It happens every time the price of gas jumps.